Monday, 22 June 2015

Entertainment Services has
managed and operated the World Theatre since it opened in 1996, and approx. one
year previously as consultants. Now, Charters Towers Regional Council have decided
to operate the theatre from their own resource from July.

Ken Robbins, Controller of
theatre operations for the company, is sad to be leaving this wonderful theatre
after all this time, and, the effort to bring it to it’s present level of both
service to the community, and the high respect that it is held in by both the
cinema and performing arts industries.

Ken is lavish with praise for
the staff that have physically run the theatre over the nearly twenty years.
Phil Haskins, Theatre technician has been responsible for the technical
integrity of the operation since opening ,and Neville Russell who commenced as
Assistant Manager on day one, later to become Manager only recently retired,
but worked part time in the theatre until his passing last year, were
fundamental in establishing the theatre in Charters Towers. Their passion for
the theatre has extended to all staff over the years, right up to current staff
under the site management of Karen Tenni. The first Manager, Jim Scott is still
involved in theatres, and can be found at the Burdekin Delta Cinemas in Ayr.
Ken is also high in praise for the many volunteers who formed and worked as
Friends of The Theatre, without whom many live productions would not have been
possible because of staffing costs.

The theatre was a project of
Dalrymple Shire Council, whose Mayor, Peter Black was the driving force.
Dalrymple Shire Council was part of the Queensland local government
amalgamations, and with the Town Council became the Charters Towers Regional
Council, who have been responsible for the theatre since amalgamation.

Ken has said, despite all the
other venues the company is involved with, the World Theatre will always hold a
special place for him.

At this time Ken is not aware
of staffing for the ongoing operation, or explicit programming details.
Entertainment Services will present it’s final cinema screening
on Wednesday 24th June 2015.

Ken has met many people in
the Towers over the years, quite a few who have become friends. His final
thanks go to the people of Charters Towers who have supported the World Theatre,
by the simple act of buying tickets, as he said, “no audience, no show, no
theatre”.

From the current staff and
management of the World Theatre – thank you for all of your support since 1996.

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The country town of Coriole is getting ready for Australia Day – a time
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The Australia Day committee is gearing up to put on the town’s biggest
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Written and directed by acclaimed playwright and Sydney Theatre Company
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exhibition focussing on the man credited with inventing Impressionism as
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eagerly anticipated international exhibition is possibly the most
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It
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York in 1886 that introduced enlightened wealthy Americans to this
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galleries with Impressionist masterworks, but kept Impressionism alive
at a time when it faced complete failure. This energetic and revealing
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Bound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory.
Director: Brad Bird
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